Indian Politics Non-Fiction
Vijai Trivedi is best known for his Political reporting, Parliamentary coverage, and his unique style of interviewing top politicians, bureaucrats, and celebrities. With more than 30 years long stint of political reporting and deep understanding of the Indian political arena, he softly puts the hardest of questions to his subjects without being shrill and roaringly loud. He has work experience in TV, Print, Radio and Digital media.
He has written 4 books ranging from the evolution of BJP, the life of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the rise of Yogi Adityanath. His latest book on journey of Rastriya Sevak Sangh (RSS)- Sangham Sharnam Gahchchhami drew a lot of attention, wherein he has thoroughly analyzed the world’s biggest social organisation RSS. His earlier book BJP- Kal, Aaj Aur Kal, perfectly analysed rise of BJP and its place and future in Indian politics. His other two books are Yada Yada Hi Yogi on the emergence of Yogi Adityanath in BJP and Haar Nahi Manunga on former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the founding architect of the BJP. All books have been the bestsellers in the non-fiction category.
He worked for NDTV India for almost 17 years and rose to become its Consulting Editor. Later he became the National Affairs Editor of News Nation TV Channel and Editor-in-Chief of News State TV channel. He was CEO of News State channel in UP. He was also the host of some of India’s most popular TV news show - The Vijay Trivedi Show, Chakravyuh, Vijay Chowk, Big Fight Live, Hamse Hai India, Dilli Chalo, India This Week, Hotline, Sawal Aapke, Ravivar and Aaina. He also launched the popular regional news channel of Rajasthan First India TV and later moved to Digital Journalism to launch H.S. News, the YouTube channel of India’s oldest multilingual News Agency Hindusthan Samachar. At present, he is working as Editor, Univarta (Hindi Vertical of UNI News Agency)
He started his journalistic career in print journalism with the Navbharat Times, the Hindi daily newspaper of The Times of India Group in 1985 and also worked for the India Today. His other major assignment in print journalism was with Rajasthan Patrika, where he took charge as its National Editor in New Delhi.
“Hindu is a very broad term. We cannot bind it in preconceived thoughts. To be Hindu, you don’t need to wear “Janau” on your coat, neither you need to read Geeta or Ramayan. You even don’t need to believe in God to be a Hindu. You can choose to go by the path of Meera, Charvak, Kabir or whoever you want to be with. Hindus have freedom of everything. We have a habit of creating boundaries. Hindu code bill defines who Hindu is. Live and Let Live should be the motto of Hindu. Hindu may don’t have Gods or books but still, you are Hindu. We can choose between Bharat and Hindustan, and there is no problem. Political connotation has separate Bharat and Hindustan. Politics is being taken negatively rather; it is an important part of Democracy. You can be of any party and any religion. At independence, Britishers thought we couldn’t take independence because we were backwards. But we have proven that we are strong Democracies. People with 50 MPs became Prime minister, and Rajiv Gandhi, with 415 MPs, couldn’t complete his terms. All this is part of Hindustan’s Democracy. It is important to summarize your experience at some point; that’s why I tried to be put my thought into this book.”